Street Illegal, Part 2: Readers and Leaders Speak Out
Following up on reader comments about their experiences with noise pollution, the challenges around implementing automated noise enforcement and how you can help.
Category: Analysis
Bike Theft, Part 2: The Best Defense
Until we have better data on bike thefts in the Twin Cities and more robust deterrence from law enforcement, the onus of prevention lies on owners.
Street Views: Mapping Highways’ Footprint
Our twice-monthly columnist maps the impact and “rethinking” imposed on urban communities during the original freeway boom.
Book Review: ‘Killed by a Traffic Engineer’
Glaring and less obvious issues endemic to traffic engineering – from outdated metrics to misplaced priorities – manifest in tangible ways on Minnesota streets.
Passenger Rail in Minnesota and the Case for Thinking Smaller
Bombastic proposals for country-wide high-speed rail gain a lot of traction online, but it’s more pressing to focus on what’s lacking: robust local networks.
Little ‘Rethinking’ Went into Rethinking I-94
MnDOT signaled intent to abandon any boulevard or reduced-capacity options for the Rethinking I-94 project. What’s their process for assessing project goals?
Street Views: A Year of Streets.mn
Explore the work of Streets.mn in 2024 in review: popular topics, authors both familiar and new to us, and our vision for the future.
The Urbanist Case for Nuclear Power Part 2: From Micro to Macro
Explore how nuclear reactors harness atomic forces to generate electricity, from traditional water-cooled designs to cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing power generation.
Street Illegal: A Hot Take on Hot Cars
Explore how automated noise enforcement could help the Twin Cities combat the problem of excessive vehicle noise in urban areas.
Street Views: The Real Cost of Highways
Columnist Joe Harrington breaks down the collateral damage of the infrastructures and power structures that created urban highways.